Mike Napoli is traded to Rangers for Frank Francisco who is set to challenge for the closers job with Octavio Dotel and Jon Rauch so the back end of the bullpen is going to be strong because one will stand out while the other two will be hopefully be able to set up so that the Blue Jays may be able to close a deal on a lead through 6 innings. This will be a good thing only if the Blue Jays can find a first baseman / designated hitter would be very good especially if they can get a guy like maybe Vadi who can hit homers and get on base. The Jays would be crazy to not listen to offers for Jose Batista as he had almost equaled his career homer stats (59) with his 54 homers of last season and may not get close to it a gain and his second best total is 27 homers so if u get a deal which advances your team for the future u need to get the deal done.
I will be back when something breaks again
Tom Mehegan
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
I never ever believed this day would ever come as the Blue Jays trade Vernon Wells
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Today Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos found a sucker to pick-up Vernon Wells's contract O I meant a trading partner to want the very talented Wells at least in even numbered season as his last good odd number season was in his rookie season in 2003 and wait this is a odd number season so he will most likely have some injury or will have trouble getting adjusted to the California Angels of Anaheim. Also the Angels fans will love him sitting on the bench in a couple of seasons making 86 million over next 4 years and the Angels will be lucky to get maybe one good year out of the 32-year-old Center fielder and the jays are ahead of the game just by getting rid of his contract because now he will be getting 20 mil this season and 21 mil next season while 22 mil in 2013 and finishes the contract with 23 mil in 2014. Then the Jays get a first baseman/catcher in Mike Napoli who can split time with J.P. Arencibia @ catcher and fill in @ first time to time with maybe Adam Lind maybe being the first baseman this season and Juan Rivera could fill in the out field maybe center and Batista in RF again or someone else maybe in center and Batista could be at third base this season. With Mike Napoli making 3.6 mil this season and Juan Rivera making 4.25 mil this season the Blue Jays are saving money so maybe they can get a solid center fielder or a bigger bat @ first as Overbay is finally no longer @ first and both players are coming off down seasons so maybe they will bounce back like hopefully Adam Lind and Arron Hill will as they did not hit the ball as well as they had the year before. While Napoli has a scary k total over the last 2 season with over a 100 in each season with 103 and 137 k's respectfully and does not take a walk with 40 and 42 in the last 2 seasons respectfully and his best total was his rookie season with 52 walks in 2006.
I will be back when something happens in Jays land
Tom Mehegan
Today Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos found a sucker to pick-up Vernon Wells's contract O I meant a trading partner to want the very talented Wells at least in even numbered season as his last good odd number season was in his rookie season in 2003 and wait this is a odd number season so he will most likely have some injury or will have trouble getting adjusted to the California Angels of Anaheim. Also the Angels fans will love him sitting on the bench in a couple of seasons making 86 million over next 4 years and the Angels will be lucky to get maybe one good year out of the 32-year-old Center fielder and the jays are ahead of the game just by getting rid of his contract because now he will be getting 20 mil this season and 21 mil next season while 22 mil in 2013 and finishes the contract with 23 mil in 2014. Then the Jays get a first baseman/catcher in Mike Napoli who can split time with J.P. Arencibia @ catcher and fill in @ first time to time with maybe Adam Lind maybe being the first baseman this season and Juan Rivera could fill in the out field maybe center and Batista in RF again or someone else maybe in center and Batista could be at third base this season. With Mike Napoli making 3.6 mil this season and Juan Rivera making 4.25 mil this season the Blue Jays are saving money so maybe they can get a solid center fielder or a bigger bat @ first as Overbay is finally no longer @ first and both players are coming off down seasons so maybe they will bounce back like hopefully Adam Lind and Arron Hill will as they did not hit the ball as well as they had the year before. While Napoli has a scary k total over the last 2 season with over a 100 in each season with 103 and 137 k's respectfully and does not take a walk with 40 and 42 in the last 2 seasons respectfully and his best total was his rookie season with 52 walks in 2006.
I will be back when something happens in Jays land
Tom Mehegan
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